Norwegian national football team

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Kingdom of Norway
Kongeriket Norge
Association logo
Association Norges Fotballforbund
confederacy UEFA
Technical sponsor Nike
Head coach SwedenSweden Lars Lagerbäck (since 2017)
captain Stefan Johansen
Record scorer Jørgen Juve (33)
Record player John Arne Riise (110)
FIFA code NOR
FIFA rank 44th (1451 points)
(as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey
Second jersey
Balance sheet
849 games
301 wins
199 draws
349 defeats
statistics
First international match Sweden 11-3 Norway ( Gothenburg , Sweden ; July 12, 1908 )
SwedenSweden NorwayNorway
Biggest win Norway 12-0 Finland ( Bergen , Norway ; June 28, 1946 )
NorwayNorway FinlandFinland
Biggest defeat Denmark 12-0 Norway ( Copenhagen , Denmark ; October 7, 1917 )
DenmarkDenmark NorwayNorway
Successes in tournaments
World Championship
Participation in the finals 3 ( first : 1938 )
Best results Round of 16, 1998
European Championship
Participation in the finals 1 ( first : 2000 )
Best results Group stage, 2000
Olympic games
bronze 1936
(As of November 19, 2019)

The Norwegian national football team is the men's national team of the Kingdom of Norway . Lars Lagerbäck has been the national coach since February 2017 . In October 2017, Norway was ranked 58th in the FIFA World Ranking .

history

The Norwegian Football Association NFF was founded in 1902 and joined FIFA in 1908 and UEFA in 1954 . Up until the 1990s, Norwegian football was more of a follower in international competition. The greatest success was the bronze medal at the Olympic Games in 1936 , with host Germany being defeated in the quarterfinals .

It was only in qualifying for the 1994 World Cup that the Norwegian national team first attracted attention. Although the team was in a qualifying group with England and the Netherlands , it was surprisingly able to qualify early for the finals. In the USA, Norway failed only because of the fewer goals scored in the preliminary round.

The Norwegians were also able to qualify unbeaten for the 1998 World Cup . This time, thanks to a 2-1 win over defending champions Brazil , the team reached the round of 16, where it ended against Italy .

In 2000 Norway also took part in a European Championship finals for the first time. But despite an opening win against Spain , the team was eliminated in the preliminary round.

Both in qualifying for the 2004 European Championship and qualifying for the 2006 World Cup , Norway reached second place in its group and lost both times in the play-offs. In qualifying for the 2010 World Cup , the Norwegians were in second place in group 9. As the worst runner-up in the table of all groups, however, they missed the play-off games.

The Scandinavians did not win a single game in 2008. The year 2009, however, began with a surprising 1-0 victory in Düsseldorf against the reigning runner-up European champions Germany .

In August 2010 Norway beat France 2-1 ; double goalscorer was Erik Huseklepp . In qualifying for Euro 2012 , however, Norway only took third place.

Qualification for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil was also missed. After eight game days, when a successful qualification after a 2-0 defeat against Switzerland seemed unlikely, they parted ways with coach Egil Olsen .

As a result, Per-Mathias Högmo was hired as the new head coach. In the friendly against the United Arab Emirates on August 27, 2014, Martin Ødegaard made his debut in the Norwegian senior team at the age of 15, becoming Norway's youngest national player.

In qualifying for the European Championship 2016 in France , the “Fotballandslaget” reached third place with numerous Bundesliga professionals, which was entitled to the play-off. However, both games were lost against Hungary and the team missed their second participation in a European Championship finals.

Coach Högmo's team started qualifying for the 2018 World Cup: The only win from the first three games was a 4-1 win against San Marino , which scored its first away goal in a World Cup qualifying game in 15 years, which caused the mood of the Supporters in the country against the team boss tipped.

In October 2016, the "Association of Norwegian Football Fans" called for Högmo's dismissal in the form of an open letter, which the association carried out five days after a 2-1 defeat against the Czech Republic in November.

At this point in time, the Scandinavian coaching legend Lars Lagerbäck was already being considered a possible successor. The Swede surprisingly led Iceland into the quarter-finals at the 2016 European Championship and took over the position of the team that was fifth and penultimate in the World Cup qualifiers on February 1, 2017.

From October 22 to November 19, 1993 Norway was in first place in the FIFA football world rankings together with Brazil and Italy, and from March 15 to April 19, 1994 together with Germany and Brazil; for a total of 63 days.

Norway, along with Hungary and the Netherlands, are among the only countries to have a positive international match record against the Brazilian national team (two draws, two wins for Norway).

Extended squad

Status: October 2019

No. Surname birthday Games Gates society debut Last use
goalkeeper
Sten Grytebust 10/25/1989 5 0 DenmarkDenmark Odense BK 2013 07.06.2019
André Hansen 12/17/1989 4th 0 NorwayNorway Rosenborg Trondheim 2013 06/10/2019
01 Jarstein rune 09/29/1984 64 0 GermanyGermany Hertha BSC 2007 October 15, 2019
12 Ørjan Nyland 09/10/1990 27 0 GermanyGermany FC Ingolstadt 04 2013 06/06/2018
22nd Sondre Løvseth Rossbach 02/07/1996 0 0 NorwayNorway Odds BK -
Defense
03 Kristoffer Ajer 04/17/1998 12 0 ScotlandScotland Celtic Glasgow 2018 October 15, 2019
14th Omar Elabdellaoui 05.12.1991 42 0 GreeceGreece Olympiacos Piraeus 2013 October 15, 2019
Lunan Ruben Gabrielsen 02/14/1989 0 0 NorwayNorway Rosenborg Trondheim -
05 Even Hovland 02/14/1989 28 0 NorwayNorway Rosenborg Trondheim 2012 October 15, 2019
17th Birger Meling 12/17/1994 10 0 NorwayNorway Rosenborg Trondheim 2017 November 19, 2018
Tore Reginiussen 04/10/1986 27 3 NorwayNorway Rosenborg Trondheim 2008 09/08/2019
04th Sigurd Rosted 07/22/1994 5 1 DenmarkDenmark Brøndby IF 2018 November 19, 2018
16 Jonas Svensson 03/06/1993 16 0 NetherlandsNetherlands AZ Alkmaar 2016 02.06.2018
midfield
02 Haitam Aleesami 07/31/1991 27 0 FranceFrance Amiens SC 2015 October 15, 2019
15th Sander mountains 02/14/1998 18th 1 BelgiumBelgium KRC Genk 2017 October 15, 2019
11 Mohamed Elyounoussi 08/04/1994 24 5 EnglandEngland Southampton FC 2014 March 26, 2019
19th Markus Henriksen 07/25/1992 52 3 EnglandEngland Hull City 2010 October 15, 2019
08th Stefan Johansen (C)Captain of the crew 01/08/1991 52 3 EnglandEngland Fulham FC 2013 October 15, 2019
13 Fredrik Midtsjö 08/11/1993 4th 0 NetherlandsNetherlands AZ Alkmaar 2016 06/10/2019
06th Håvard Nordtveit 06/21/1990 52 2 GermanyGermany TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 2011 October 12, 2019
23 Mathias Normann 05/28/1996 2 2 RussiaRussia FK Rostov 2019 October 15, 2019
18th Ole Selnæs 07/07/1994 31 2 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Shenzhen FC 2016 October 15, 2019
20th Martin Ødegaard 12/17/1998 22nd 1 SpainSpain Real Sociedad 2014 October 15, 2019
Storm
10 Tarik Elyounoussi 02/23/1988 58 10 SwedenSweden AIK Solna 2008 09/08/2019
Erling Haaland 07/21/2000 2 0 GermanyGermany Borussia Dortmund 2019 09/08/2019
21st Bjørn Maars Johnsen 11/06/1991 16 5 NorwayNorway Rosenborg Trondheim 2017 October 15, 2019
07th Joshua King 01/15/1992 44 16 EnglandEngland Bournemouth AFC 2012 October 15, 2019
09 Alexander Sørloth 05.12.1995 20th 3 TurkeyTurkey Trabzonspor 2016 October 15, 2019

International competitions

World championships

Norway have taken part in the World Cup finals three times so far and always met Italy.

year Host country Participation until ... Last opponent Result Trainer Comments and special features
1930 Uruguay not participated
1934 Italy not participated
1938 France Round of 16 Italy 12. Asbjørn Halvorsen Defeat in extra time
1950 Brazil not participated
1954 Switzerland not qualified In qualifying at eventual champions Germany failed
1958 Sweden not qualified In the qualifications of vice world champion Hungary failed
1962 Chile not qualified In the qualification of the USSR failed
1966 England not qualified In the qualification of France failed
1970 Mexico not qualified In the qualification of Sweden failed
1974 Germany not qualified In the qualification to the Netherlands failed
1978 Argentina not qualified In the qualification again Sweden failed
1982 Spain not qualified In qualifying at Hungary and England failed
1986 Mexico not qualified In the qualification of Denmark and the USSR failed
1990 Italy not qualified In the qualification of Yugoslavia and Scotland failed
1994 United States Preliminary round Mexico , Italy , Ireland 17th Egil Olsen Bottom group with the same number of points and the same goal difference as the three group opponents, but the lower number of goals.
1998 France Round of 16 Italy 15th Egil Olsen
2002 South Korea / Japan not qualified In the qualification to Poland and Ukraine failed, which also failed in the play-offs
2006 Germany not qualified In the qualification in the relegation play the runners-up in the Czech Republic failed.
2010 South Africa not qualified In the qualification to the Netherlands failed and ceased to be a bad tester second in the group.
2014 Brazil not qualified In qualifying , Norway met Albania , Iceland , Switzerland , Slovenia and Cyprus
2018 Russia not qualified In the qualification to world champion Germany and Northern Ireland failed.

European championships

Norway took part in all European Championship qualifications, but has only been able to qualify for one final round so far. In the first participations, the end came in the first round, after which the team was always eliminated as the bottom of the group. Only in qualifying for the European Championship in 1992, when Rune Bratseth was a stabilizer of the defense, the third place in the group could be occupied for the first time. In 2000 the qualification for the finals was achieved for the first time and in the following years the qualification was only just missed.

year Host country Participation until ... Last opponent Result Comments and special features
1960 France not qualified In the second round of Austria failed could not even qualify for the final round.
1964 Spain not qualified In qualifying on neighbors Sweden failed, which also failed to qualify for the final round.
1968 Italy not qualified In the qualification of Bulgaria failed, could not qualify for the final round.
1972 Belgium not qualified Hungary failed in the qualification at the later fourth place .
1976 Yugoslavia not qualified In qualifying later in the host and the Fourth Yugoslavia failed.
1980 Italy not qualified In qualifying later in the European Vice Champion Belgium failed.
1984 France not qualified Failed in the qualification to Yugoslavia .
1988 Germany not qualified Failed in the qualification at the later Vice European Champion USSR .
1992 Sweden not qualified In the qualification failed again to Vice European Champion USSR .
1996 England not qualified In qualifying the late Vice European champion Czech Republic and the Netherlands failed.
2000 Netherlands and Belgium Preliminary round Spain , FR Yugoslavia , Slovenia - After a win, a defeat and a draw as third party with the fewest goals conceded of all participants in the preliminary round, eliminated.
2004 Portugal not qualified Failed in the relegation games to Spain .
2008 Austria and Switzerland not qualified In the qualification of Greece and after a home defeat in the penultimate round at the Turkey failed.
2012 Poland and Ukraine not qualified In the qualification of Denmark and on goal difference to Portugal failed.
2016 France not qualified Failed in the relegation games to Hungary .
2021 Europe

Olympic Games open to senior national teams

1908 in London not participated
1912 in Stockholm not participated
1920 in Antwerp Quarter finals
1924 in Paris not participated
1928 in Amsterdam not participated
1936 in Berlin 3rd place
1948 in London not participated
1952 in Helsinki Round of 16

Note: Unlike the NFF, FIFA no longer takes the games of 1952 into account .

National coach (incomplete)

Record player

In its statistics, the Norwegian Association also takes into account the matches against the English national football team of amateurs , which FIFA does not take into account. The number of matches considered by FIFA is shown in brackets, if different. Of the current national team, goalkeeper Rune Jarstein with 65 and Tarik Elyounoussi have played the most games with 60. (As of November 18, 2019)

Sources: fotball.no: Adelskalender Norge Menn Senior A, fifa.com: Hunderterclub (as of August 1, 2019), eu-football.info: PLAYERS - played for Norway national team
rank Surname Calls Gates position Period World Cup games EM games Record international player
01. John Arne Riise 110 16 Defense / midfield 2000-2013 0 0 since September 7, 2012
02. Thorbjørn Svenssen † 104 (101) 0 Defense 1947-1962 0 0 May 25, 1955 to September 7, 2012 (from September 11 to 25, 1955 together with Harry Boye Karlsen , when both played 57 games)
03. Henning Berg 100 9 Defense 1992-2000 7th 1
04th Erik Thorstvedt 97 0 goal 1982-1996 3 0
05. John Carew 91 24 attack 1998-2011 0 3
Brede Hangeland 91 4th Defense 2004-2014 0 0
07th Øyvind Leonhardsen 86 19th midfield 1990-2003 6th 0
08th. Morten Gamst Pedersen 83 16 midfield 2004-2014 0 0
0 Kjetil Rekdal 83 17th Defense / midfield 1987-2000 7th 0
10. Steffen Iversen 79 21st attack 1998-2011 0 3
11. Erik Mykland 78 2 Defense 1990-2000 6th 3

Record goal scorers

Jørgen Juve has been Norway's record goalscorer since June 20, 1933 when he beat Einar Gundersen's record in a 4-2 win against the Hungarian amateur team with his 27th international goal . Of the current internationals, Joshua King has scored the most international goals with 17 goals.

rank Surname Gates Calls Quota Period WM / OL goals EM goals
01. Jørgen Juve † 33 45 0.73 1928-1937 - / 0
02. Einar Gundersen † 26th 33 0.79 1917-1928 - / 2
03. Harald Hennum † 25th 43 0.58 1949-1960
04th John Carew 24 91 0.26 1998-2011 0
05. Goals André Flo 23 76 0.30 1995-2004 1 0
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 23 67 0.34 1995-2007 0 0
07th Gunnar Thoresen 22nd 64 0.34 1946-1959 - / 0
08th. Steffen Iversen 21st 79 0.27 1999-2008 1
09. Jan Åge Fjørtoft 20th 71 0.28 1986-1996 0

Other known previous players

Main article: List of Norwegian national soccer players

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .
  2. ↑ kicker.de: Lagerbäck should bring Norway on course
  3. ↑ 15-year-old child prodigy Martin Ödegaard makes his debut for Norway and breaks another record - WELT. Retrieved April 1, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Football World Cup qualification: Open letter: Norway fans are calling for Högmo to be replaced . In: The time . October 13, 2016, ISSN  0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed April 1, 2017]). Football World Cup qualification: Open letter: Norway fans call for Högmo to be replaced ( memento of the original from April 2, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.zeit.de
  5. ↑ Football World Cup qualification: Open letter: Norway fans are calling for Högmo to be replaced . In: The time . October 13, 2016, ISSN  0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed April 1, 2017]). Football World Cup qualification: Open letter: Norway fans call for Högmo to be replaced ( memento of the original from April 2, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.zeit.de
  6. ↑ Norges tropp mot Spania og Romania
  7. ↑ Numbers for the games against Spain and Romania
  8. ↑ The placements from 5th place onwards were determined by FIFA without any placement games. See: All-time FIFA World Cup Ranking 1930–2010 (PDF; 200 kB)
  9. ↑ Peerage Norge Menn Senior A ( Norwegian ) fotball.no. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  10. ↑ Men who have played 100 or more "A" internationals for their country ( English , PDF) FIFA. August 1, 2019. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  11. ↑ Norway national football team individual records and stats ( English ) eu-football.info. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  12. ↑ rsssf.com: Goalscoring for Norwegian National Team